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* CanadaEh: The film opens in Canada with Betsy being interviewed for a nursing job in St. Sebastian. A nearby window shows that it is (naturally) snowing, and mention of sunshine and palm trees convinces Betsy to accept the job.
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Paul's surname is Holland, not Rand.
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* ByronicHero: Paul Rand. Lampshaded by his half-brother Wesley who sarcastically refers to him as such.
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* ByronicHero: Paul Rand.Holland. Lampshaded by his half-brother Wesley who sarcastically refers to him as such.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Betsy loves Paul Rand but believing he still loves his wife, she takes her to a voodoo ceremony to try to cure her.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Betsy loves Paul Rand Holland but believing he still loves his wife, she takes her to a voodoo ceremony to try to cure her.
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* MightyWhitey: The head voodoo priestess turns out to be...Mrs. Rand, who has found voodoo an effective tool to control the natives (although her intentions are benign, as she just wants them to take their medicine and boil their drinking water.)
* NaiveNewcomer: Betsy arriving in the Caribbean and learning way too much about voodoo.
** She is also painfully ignorant of St. Sebastian's past history of slavery at first.
* NaiveNewcomer: Betsy arriving in the Caribbean and learning way too much about voodoo.
** She is also painfully ignorant of St. Sebastian's past history of slavery at first.
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* MightyWhitey: The head voodoo priestess turns out to be...Mrs. Rand, who has found voodoo an effective tool to control the natives (although her intentions are benign, as she just wants them to take their medicine and boil their drinking water.)
water).
* NaiveNewcomer: Betsy arriving in the Caribbean and learning way too much aboutvoodoo.
**voodoo. She is also painfully ignorant of St. Sebastian's past history of slavery at first.
* NaiveNewcomer: Betsy arriving in the Caribbean and learning way too much about
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* VoodooZombie: Until Creator/GeorgeARomero invented the idea of the shuffling, flesh-eating monster zombie with ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'', this was what a "zombie" was. Namely, a recently-dead or comatose person rendered into the slave of a master by voodoo magic.
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* VoodooZombie: Until Creator/GeorgeARomero invented the now-dominant idea of the shuffling, flesh-eating monster zombie FleshEatingZombie with ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'', this was what a "zombie" was. Namely, a recently-dead or comatose person rendered into the slave of a master by voodoo magic.
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* VoodooZombie: Until Creator/GeorgeRomero invented the idea of the shuffling, flesh-eating monster zombie with ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'', this was what a "zombie" was. Namely, a recently-dead or comatose person rendered into the slave of a master by voodoo magic.
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* VoodooZombie: Until Creator/GeorgeRomero Creator/GeorgeARomero invented the idea of the shuffling, flesh-eating monster zombie with ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'', this was what a "zombie" was. Namely, a recently-dead or comatose person rendered into the slave of a master by voodoo magic.
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* VoodooZombie: Until Creator/GeorgeRomero invented the idea of the shuffling, flesh-eating monster zombie with ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'', this was what a "zombie" was. Namely, either a recently dead person or a comatose person rendered into the slave of a master by voodoo magic.
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* VoodooZombie: Until Creator/GeorgeRomero invented the idea of the shuffling, flesh-eating monster zombie with ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'', this was what a "zombie" was. Namely, either a recently dead person recently-dead or a comatose person rendered into the slave of a master by voodoo magic.
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* VoodooZombie: Until Creator/GeorgeRomero invented the idea of the shuffling, flesh-eating monster zombie with ''Film/{{Night of the Living Dead|1968}}'', this was what a "zombie" was. Namely, either a recently dead person or a comatose person rendered into the slave of a master by voodoo magic.
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* VoodooZombie: Until Creator/GeorgeRomero invented the idea of the shuffling, flesh-eating monster zombie with ''Film/{{Night of the Living Dead|1968}}'', ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'', this was what a "zombie" was. Namely, either a recently dead person or a comatose person rendered into the slave of a master by voodoo magic.magic.
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Betsy Cornell (Frances Dee) is a nurse who is hired by sugar plantation owner Paul Holland (Tom Conway) to come to the Caribbean island of San Sebastian to care for Paul's invalid wife Jessica. After Betsy first meets the blank-eyed, shuffling Jessica (Christine Gordon), she is told that a spinal cord injury robbed Jessica of all volition and ability to control her actions. However, Betsy soon hears of a far darker and scarier explanation for the woman's condition, involving Jessica's affair with Paul's half-brother Wesley Rand (James Ellison), and an application of the ancient rite of voodoo...
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Betsy Cornell (Frances Dee) is a nurse who is hired by sugar plantation owner Paul Holland (Tom Conway) to come to the Caribbean island of San St. Sebastian to care for Paul's invalid wife Jessica. After Betsy first meets the blank-eyed, shuffling Jessica (Christine Gordon), she is told that a spinal cord injury robbed Jessica of all volition and ability to control her actions. However, Betsy soon hears of a far darker and scarier explanation for the woman's condition, involving Jessica's affair with Paul's half-brother Wesley Rand (James Ellison), and an application of the ancient rite of voodoo...
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Betsy Cornell (Frances Dee) is a nurse who is hired by sugar plantation owner Paul Holland (Tom Conway) to come to the Caribbean island of San Sebastian to care for Paul's invalid wife Jessica. After Betsy first meets the staring, shuffling Jessica (Christine Gordon), she is told that a spinal cord injury robbed Jessica of all volition and ability to control her actions. However, Betsy soon hears of a far darker and scarier explanation for the woman's condition, involving Jessica's affair with Paul's half-brother Wesley Rand (James Ellison), and an application of the ancient rite of voodoo...
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Betsy Cornell (Frances Dee) is a nurse who is hired by sugar plantation owner Paul Holland (Tom Conway) to come to the Caribbean island of San Sebastian to care for Paul's invalid wife Jessica. After Betsy first meets the staring, blank-eyed, shuffling Jessica (Christine Gordon), she is told that a spinal cord injury robbed Jessica of all volition and ability to control her actions. However, Betsy soon hears of a far darker and scarier explanation for the woman's condition, involving Jessica's affair with Paul's half-brother Wesley Rand (James Ellison), and an application of the ancient rite of voodoo...
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''I Walked with a Zombie'' is a 1943 film produced by the master of 1940s horror, Creator/ValLewton, and directed by Creator/JacquesTourneur. It is a loose adaptation of ''Literature/JaneEyre''.
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''I Walked with a Zombie'' is a 1943 film produced by the master of 1940s cinematic horror, Creator/ValLewton, and directed by Creator/JacquesTourneur. It is a loose adaptation of ''Literature/JaneEyre''.
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[[caption-width-right:350:VoodooDoll!]]
[[caption-width-right:350:VoodooDoll!]]
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''I Walked with a Zombie'' is a 1943 film directed by Creator/JacquesTourneur, produced by the master of 1940s horror, Creator/ValLewton. It is a loose adaptation of ''Literature/JaneEyre''.
Betsy Cornell (Frances Dee) is a nurse who is hired by sugar plantation owner Paul Holland to come to the Caribbean island of San Sebastian to care for his invalid wife Jessica. After Betsy first meets the staring, shuffling Jessica, she is told that a spinal cord injury robbed Jessica of all volition and ability to control her actions. However, Betsy soon hears of a far darker, scarier explanation for Jessica's condition. The explanation involves Jessica's affair with Paul's half-brother Wesley, and an application of the ancient rite of voodoo...
Betsy Cornell (Frances Dee) is a nurse who is hired by sugar plantation owner Paul Holland to come to the Caribbean island of San Sebastian to care for his invalid wife Jessica. After Betsy first meets the staring, shuffling Jessica, she is told that a spinal cord injury robbed Jessica of all volition and ability to control her actions. However, Betsy soon hears of a far darker, scarier explanation for Jessica's condition. The explanation involves Jessica's affair with Paul's half-brother Wesley, and an application of the ancient rite of voodoo...
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''I Walked with a Zombie'' is a 1943 film directed by Creator/JacquesTourneur, produced by the master of 1940s horror, Creator/ValLewton.Creator/ValLewton, and directed by Creator/JacquesTourneur. It is a loose adaptation of ''Literature/JaneEyre''.
Betsy Cornell (Frances Dee) is a nurse who is hired by sugar plantation owner Paul Holland (Tom Conway) to come to the Caribbean island of San Sebastian to care forhis Paul's invalid wife Jessica. After Betsy first meets the staring, shuffling Jessica, Jessica (Christine Gordon), she is told that a spinal cord injury robbed Jessica of all volition and ability to control her actions. However, Betsy soon hears of a far darker, darker and scarier explanation for Jessica's condition. The explanation involves the woman's condition, involving Jessica's affair with Paul's half-brother Wesley, Wesley Rand (James Ellison), and an application of the ancient rite of voodoo...
Betsy Cornell (Frances Dee) is a nurse who is hired by sugar plantation owner Paul Holland (Tom Conway) to come to the Caribbean island of San Sebastian to care for
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->''"There's no beauty here, only death and decay."''
-->-- '''Paul Holland'''
-->-- '''Paul Holland'''
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* VoodooZombie: Until Creator/GeorgeRomero invented the idea of the shuffling, flesh-eating monster zombie with ''Film/{{Night of the Living Dead|1968}}'', this was what a "zombie" was. Namely, either a recently dead person or a comatose person rendered into the slave of a master by voodoo magic.
* YourCheatingHeart: In the back story, Jessica had an affair with Wesley.
* YourCheatingHeart: In the back story, Jessica had an affair with Wesley.
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* VoodooZombie: Until Creator/GeorgeRomero invented the idea of the shuffling, flesh-eating monster zombie with ''Film/{{Night of the Living Dead|1968}}'', this was what a "zombie" was. Namely, either a recently dead person or a comatose person rendered into the slave of a master by voodoo magic.
* YourCheatingHeart: In the back story, Jessica had an affair with Wesley.magic.
* YourCheatingHeart: In the back story, Jessica had an affair with Wesley.
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* EtherealWhiteDress: The zombie Jessica's flowing white robes make her all the spookier.
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* WomanInWhite: Jessica's flowing white robes make her all the spookier.
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Betsy Cornell (Frances Dee) is a nurse who is hired by sugar plantation owner Paul Holland to come to the Caribbean island of San Sebastian care for his invalid wife Jessica. After Betsy first meets the staring, shuffling Jessica, she is told that a spinal cord injury robbed Jessica of all volition and ability to control her actions. However, Betsy soon hears of a far darker, scarier explanation for Jessica's condition. The explanation involves Jessica's affair with Paul's half-brother Wesley, and an application of the ancient rite of voodoo...
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Betsy Cornell (Frances Dee) is a nurse who is hired by sugar plantation owner Paul Holland to come to the Caribbean island of San Sebastian to care for his invalid wife Jessica. After Betsy first meets the staring, shuffling Jessica, she is told that a spinal cord injury robbed Jessica of all volition and ability to control her actions. However, Betsy soon hears of a far darker, scarier explanation for Jessica's condition. The explanation involves Jessica's affair with Paul's half-brother Wesley, and an application of the ancient rite of voodoo...
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* SpiritedYoungLady: Betsy.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It is unclear if the voodoo practitioners have real powers and Wesley and Mrs. Rand believe or if they simply use power of suggestion as Paul argues.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It is unclear if the voodoo practitioners have real powers and as Wesley and Mrs. Rand believe believe, or if they simply use power of suggestion as Paul argues.
